IMAGESEARCH

Searches for the input image specified via the IMAGE attribute. The input image is searched on the currently displayed website using Image Recognition algorithms. CONFIDENCE specifies how closely the found image must match the input image. A value of 100 means exact match. If the input image is not found at the given confidence level an error occurs.

If the image is found then !IMAGEX and !IMAGEY hold the coordinates of where it was found.

We recommend method D, but there will be cases when your image will be better found by C, it is suggested to try both and find which one suits better your needs. Nevertheless, we left method B as default for compatibility with previous versions. Method B will be useful if your website or image changes color, as method B switches automatically to grey-scale mode when the confidence level is set to 90 or below, so color changes are ignored.

FAIL (default if unspecified = NO) Available in iMacros 12 and later

Optional parameter to return an error if the image is found:

If FAIL=YES is specified, the command will return error code -1850 when the image is found and halt any further retries.

Notes

IMAGESEARCH works in Firefox and Chrome only with one of iMacros editions which also support Image Validation (see the [Features Comparison Chart]

IMAGESEARCH currently does not find images in Flash apps in Firefox

Older version of iMacros and ALGORITHM=A: The Microsoft Visual C++ runtime files required to support ALGORITHM=A are not shipped with current versions of iMacros (iMacros 8.03 up to 11.5). If you need to use ALGORITHM=A you can download the runtime files here and extract them to your C:\Program Files (x86)\Ipswitch\iMacros folder. This will enable ALGORITHM=A support in the iMacros browser only (it currently is not supported in iMacros for IE).

FAQ

Q: Can IMAGESEARCH find items "below the fold" (on the web page but not currently displayed in the browser window)?

A: Yes, but only in the iMacros browser and Firefox IMAGESEARCH works by scanning the entire web page, even the parts that aren't visible in the browser window. In IE and Chrome, the target image needs to be fully visible in the browser window for IMAGESEARCH to find it.

Q: Is it possible to set the folder that the IMAGESEARCH command uses to load images from? It seems to default to: C:\Users\Public\Documents\iMacros\datasources\